In towns and cities across Missouri – and throughout the country – it’s becoming harder to miss the signs: “Help Wanted”. They hang in shop windows, hospital lobbies, factory entrances, and farm gates. And yet, millions of Americans remain unemployed, and many more have left the workforce entirely.
This disconnect between available jobs and available workers has become one of the defining challenges of our post-pandemic economy. [Read more…] about Opinion: Why so many jobs are going unfilled, and what it means for Missouri and the US